School Board Reflection Paper

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I chose to use an online video of a school board meeting for the Houston County School District. This meeting was available online and was a video recording of the May 2016 Houston County School Board meeting. The Houston County School Board (HCSB) is comprised of seven members with the superintendent and a secretary. The members are as follows: Mr. Fred Wilson, the chairman has been on the board for 21 years and is an African American male. Ms. Helen Hughes has been a member of the board for seven years and is a white woman. Dr. Rick Unruh has been a member for three years and is a white man. Ms. Lori Johnson has been a member for one year and is a white woman. Mr. Dave Crockett has been a member for one year and is a white man. Mr. Hoke …show more content…

They seemed to all get along very well, as demonstrated by everything passing unanimously. In addition, the community seemed to really support them, although this could just be because it was a big teacher and student and board appreciation day. The superintendent seemed like a pretty good guy, he didn’t say anything the whole time except for seconding all the motions. I felt like as a whole the board was mostly made of trustees. I felt this way because they never cited specific community members in their decisions, and they seemed to run pretty autonomously without community guidance. It really did seem like the community had handed the district over to these people and they were running it on their own. It didn’t feel like they were playing any sort of political games, it just genuinely felt like seven knowledgeable people making decisions for the community. The only exception to this were the members Dave Crockett and Lori Johnson, whose terms only lasted for six months which led me to think that their districts like to keep more of a delegate system in place, but they did not seem to act like that. As for the superintendent, I have no idea what kind of role he takes, because he didn’t do anything at this

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